EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: rage
Following quick-fire rumours (and denials) late last year regarding the shaky future of id Software and the continued development of DOOM 4 (or ‘the next DOOM game’), it’s been confirmed that a number of developers have been let go from the studio.
As has become du jour, the news sparked on Twitter as 3D artist and Polycount.com editor Adam Bromell posted:
If you’re looking to get to grips with id Software’s latest first-person shooter before deciding whether or not it’s worth a purchase, then a demo for RAGE has recently become available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
RAGE introduces you to its story and world with a quick CG cinematic setting up the post-apocalyptic scenario that you’ll be adventuring through: The enormous asteroid Apophis has hit Earth, but not before the world’s best and brightest have been safely secured away in underground facilities, or Arks, to increase their chances of surviving the asteroid’s impact and resultant toxic fallout.
As one of the chosen, you awake one day in one of these cryogenic vaults only to discover the rest of its inhabitants long-dead in their chambers.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of RAGE.
Anyone who knows a thing or two about legendary id Software graphics programmer and technical director John Carmack will be aware that the genius programmer and rocket scientist consumes books at an incredibly rapid rate, tearing through tomes of knowledge at an inhuman pace.
These books range a gamut of topics, from history and science to technology, programming and science fiction - and anything in-between - perfectly showcasing his philosophy of ‘learning everything from anything.’ Anything can be an opportunity to discover something new.
This entire week (and arguably the last few months) have lead up until this point, today: Battlefield 3 is available now around the world, and many of us here at El33tonline will be fully entrenched in the game’s signature style of multiplayer warfare, as well as that excellent singleplayer campaign.
As always, there are a host of other games to play and activities to indulge in, and here are just a few of the things members of El33tonline will be keeping busy with this weekend:
[Update] Added response from VP of PR and Marketing at Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines. [End of Update]
Rumours and reports doing the rounds today concern the future (or not) of the next entry to id Software’s legendary DOOM series of first-person shooters.
Microsoft and Turn 10’s latest racing sim, Forza Motorsport 4, has shot straight to the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing this week to claim No. 1 ahead of previous chart bully, FIFA 12, by a little over 700 units.
That’s a wrap! Almost!
Another weekend has arrived, sooner for some than for others, and it’s now time to reflect on our past accomplishments and make plans for the next two days.
Here’s what members of El33tonline are going to busy with this weekend, but be sure to let us know what games you’ll be playing and what kind of activities you’ve got planned, too:
FIFA 12 has once again cemented its place at the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing after its dominant showing last week, except at the expense of a few new games releases.
We’re wrapping up another week here on El33tonline after an intensely insane and amazing rAge 2011 in Johannesburg last weekend.
While we’re a little relieved that we aren’t working through the rigmarole of setting up and running our precious Stand 28 this weekend, it’s with a little sadness that we realise the show is over and we have to wait until next year before seeing all of our online friends again in person.
In short, ‘we have a sad.’
To take our minds off of this realisation, we’re going to be playing a selection of games that we hope to be every bit as good as they promise - here’s what a few of us here at El33tonline are up to this weekend:
Fans of epic first-person shooters, feature-rich basketball games and/or fiendishly difficult (and rewarding) action RPGs, this week is for you - here are the new games you can expect to be available (and become available today) at a retailer near you:
We’ve reached that point in the PS3 and Xbox 360’s life cycle when developers are having to make bold moves in order to offer a technically superior product to what we’ve experienced in the past.
One of the ways they’re doing this is by releasing games which consume more hard drive or disc space in order to achieve more detailed graphics or aural effects.
Releasing on October 4th in the US and October 7th in Europe and the UK, it sounds like a good time to get excited about id Software and Bethesda Softworks’ hectic first-person shooter, RAGE, with an excellent TV trailer that aired in North America recently.
Watch below:
For the first time in video form, id Software and Bethesda Softworks have revealed the co-operative mode included in RAGE with a lengthy piece of gameplay footage showcasing two players working their way through a mission called “Water Service’ in the game’s Wasteland Legends co-op mode.
And it’s looking spectacular!
If you weren’t aware, gamesom 2011 was a pretty eventful time for El33tonline, which naturally means we were completely focussed on getting to meetings with the developers of upcoming games, and then writing our impressions and previews of these exciting titles… which in turn means that we haven’t had much time to sweep for tasty morsels of videogame news.
If you’ve been similarly busy in your daily activities, then we’re in the same boat, so together we’re going to catch up on a few tiny crumbs of information that may tweak your interest:
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